Getting Rid of Our Mental ANTS  ## Metadata - Author: [[https://www.burg.com]] - Full Title: Getting Rid of Our Mental ANTS - Category: #articles - Summary: According to Corey’s research, we human beings have roughly 60,000 random thoughts per day. Thus, he tells us that “the more of those thoughts we allow to be negative, disempowering, and judgmental, the more the ANTS eat our brain alive.” Yuck…but still! - URL: http://www.burg.com/2014/07/getting-rid-of-our-mental-ants/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BBurg+%28Bob+Burg%29 [](https://www.burg.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ANTS.jpg)[Getting Rid of Those Mental ANTS](https://www.burg.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ANTS.jpg) My great friend, author and Certified Go-Giver Speaker, [Corey Jahnke](https://www.facebook.com/cwjahnke) (whom I call the “Zen Pharmacist”) often writes about an affliction called “ANTS.” ANTS stands for “**A**utomatic **N**egative **T**hought**S**.” According to Corey, we human beings have thousands of random thoughts per day. Thus, “the more of those thoughts we allow to be negative, disempowering, and judgmental, the more the ANTS eat our brain alive.” Yuck…but still! 🙂 So, I’d like to ask you: If you have ever suffered from ANTS (as I’d imagine we all have and we all continue to from time-to-time), how do you get rid of them so that you can tap into your TRUE authentic nature, which is absolutely…positively… ANTS-free. If you’d like, check out Corey’s more in-depth and very [insightful post](http://gogivercoach.com/coreyjahnke/2013/07/5-simple-tricks-for-keeping-ants-from-eating-your-brain/) on the topic and and see what he suggests., Getting Rid of Our Mental ANTS, https://www.burg.com, 01gnmd0wgjxzgbtcjsve74t78n.